Bunting v. McCall

—Lahtinen, J.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which denied petitioner’s request for disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner sustained disabling injuries in a work-related accident in December 1993, after nearly six years of employment with the Department of Mental Hygiene. Following her accident, petitioner was placed on unpaid medical leave and in December 1994 her employment was terminated. In October 1997 petitioner submitted an application for disability…